NEW YORK -- Frankie Montas and Sean Manaea will make minor league rehab appearances this weekend, and both could join the New York Mets' rotation in the coming weeks.
Montas will make a fifth rehab start Friday and Manaea will take the mound two days later for his third, manager Carlos Mendoza said Wednesday.
Mendoza said he isn't worried about how to sort out seven pitchers for five rotation slots when Montas and Manaea both get back.
"Usually it plays itself out," Mendoza said. "We still are at least two weeks away from making those decisions and I'm hoping that by the time we get there it is going to be a difficult decision.